From the Street to Strategy: My Journey Through a Changing Parking Industry

Looking back as Parking Today marks its 30th anniversary, it feels like the right moment to reflect on how far the industry has evolved and how much those early experiences influenced the way I communicate, lead, and think about the role parking plays in our communities.

Innovation Requires Three Distinct Mindsets, Part 2

If Explorers spark innovation and Town Builders give it structure, City Enablers keep the engines running, ensuring that progress doesn’t just happen once but continues sustainably over time. They are the professionals who fine-tune systems, manage complexity, and preserve balance between ambition and practicality. Much like life in general, progress in the parking industry requires a balance of efforts by Explorers, Town Builders, and City Enablers.

Automated Parking Takes Flight

As U.S. airports look to improve their parking programs, a growing number are adopting automated payment systems to streamline their parking operations and expedite and simplify the parking process for travelers.

30 Years of Parking Today: Moments That Mattered

Thirty years of Parking Today means 30 years of headlines that captured an industry in motion: deals that reshaped the competitive landscape, ideas that challenged conventional wisdom, and technologies that changed how parking works. The headlines on these pages are snapshots of those moments. 

30th Anniversary of Parking Today: Looking Back with John Van Horn

For our 30th anniversary issue, Parking Today turned to John Van Horn, the magazine’s founder and long-time editor, for insights on how the publication got its start, his goals in publishing the magazine, and the main ways in which the parking industry has changed since 1996.

30th Anniversary of Parking Today: 30 Years of Change

During the past 30 years, what was once viewed simply as the business of storing vehicles has evolved into a sophisticated industry integrating finance, software, infrastructure, and urban planning.

TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT: Engineered for Consistent Performance in Demanding Environments

With efficient power management to support solar and energy-conscious installations, ID TECH devices deliver dependable, secure performance across every parking environment.

Uber Bought a Parking App: Here’s What It Actually Means for Your Operation 

With its SpotHero acquisition, Uber didn’t buy a parking app. It bought physical infrastructure for an autonomous future. The parking industry’s $100 billion market is poised for a fundamental shift from passive vehicle storage to active mobility infrastructure. Operators who position their assets for this transition will capture outsized value. Those who don’t will find themselves holding depreciating assets in a world that has moved on. 

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